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Texas Republican Party compared to Uganda – New Texas GOP Platform: criminalize gay marriage and ban sodomy, outlaw strip clubs and pornography

Republican activists threw out their party chairwoman Saturday, then bucked Texas Governor Rick Perry by pushing for a crackdown on illegal immigration similar to Arizona’s new law. New Texas GOP Platform: criminalize gay marriage and ban sodomy, outlaw strip clubs and pornography.

Tags: Kentucky Supreme Court, Republican Party, Republican Party of Texas, State of Texas, Texas Governor Posted in National News, United We Stand News | No Comments »

Republicans take Ted Kennedy’s U.S. Senate seat

Jan 19th, 2010 | By Julie Fite, Contributor | Category: Lead Story, National News

For the first time in nearly 50 years, a Republican will hold the seat left vacant by the death of U.S. Senior Senator Ted Kennedy. Kennedy, one of the most powerful U.S. Senators in U.S. history, was a strong ally to the gay community. Republicans in Washington, D.C. and around the country said Scott Brown’s victorious U.S. Senate campaign in Massachusetts is a harbinger of a broader party surge, calling it a repudiation of President Obama’s agenda that gives them renewed confidence for the 2010 midterm elections.

Tags: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Election 2010, Massachusetts Equality, MassEquality, Republican Party, Special Elections, U.S. Senate Posted in Lead Story, National News | 1 Comment »